Electives

There are four different types of undergraduate AME electives, two for each program. Aerospace Engineering has the "Technical Specialization" elective and the "Professional Development" elective. Mechanical Engineering has "AME Technical Electives" and "General Technical Electives." The definition for each is different and students must take care to ensure that they satisfy the different elective requirements in their program.

Aerospace Engineering Professional Development CoursesMost, but not all, 30000-level or higher courses offered by the Colleges of Engineering or Science that are not otherwise required by the Aerospace Engineering curriculum may satisfy the Professional Development requirement.

Specifically, any course with a prefix AME, ACMS, CBE, CE, ENVG, CSE, EE, EG, ESTS, BIOS, CHEM, MATH, PHYS or SC that is 30000-level or higher (including the courses listed above as Technical Specialization courses) may be used to satisfy the Professional Development requirement with the following exceptions and additions:

MATH 30650, PHYS 30210 and PHYS 30220 may not be used to satisfy the Professional Development requirement..

Three credits from a completed ROTC program on campus may be used to satisfy the Professional Development course requirement.

Limitations on Non-classroom coursesOnly a total of 6 credits of non-classroom courses, such as AME 48491 Undergraduate Research and AME Special Studies, may be counted toward degree requirements.

Mechanical Engineering Electives

Mechanical Engineering AME Technical Electives

Any course that is 30000-level or higher with an AME prefix that is not otherwise required by the Mechanical Engineering curriculum may be used to satisfy an AME Technical Elective requirement in the Mechanical Engineering program.

Mechanical Engineering General Technical Electives

Most, but not all, 30000-level or higher courses offered by the Colleges of Engineering or Science that are not otherwise required by the Mechanical Engineering curriculum may satisfy the General Technical Elective requirement.

Specifically, any course with a prefix AME, ACMS, CBE, CE, ENVG, CSE, EE, EG, BIOS, CHEM, MATH, PHYS or SC that is 30000-level or higher may be used to satisfy the General Technical Elective requirement with the following exceptions and additions:

MATH 30650, PHYS 30210 and PHYS 30220 may not be used to satisfy the General Technical Elective requirement.

Any course from the following list may also be used to satisfy a General Technical Elective requirement:

Only a total of 6 credits of non-classroom courses, such as AME 48491, Undergraduate Research and AME Special Studies, may be counted toward degree requirements.

Medical SchoolIn general, most medical schools will expect applicants to have taken the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), and to have completed the following types of courses:

One year of Biology

One year of Physics

One year of English

Biochemistry, Psychology and Sociology

Two years of Chemistry (through Organic Chemistry)

Hence, in addition to the AME degree requirements, students must take additional courses. In addition to the courses, the Notre Dame preprofessional programs generally require a 1 credit lab component with each course. Students with an interest in preparing for medical school should further consult with personnel in the Center for Health Sciences Advising for curricular planning advice.

In the ME program General Biology A and B may be used to satisfy the General Technical Elective requirements. A student may petition that CHEM 20273 be used to satisfy an AME Technical Elective requirement. Note that the College of Engineering allows CHEM 10172, a prerequisite for CHEM 20273, to substitute for the College of Engineering requirement, CHEM 10122. If that substitution is not made, CHEM 10172 may only be taken as an overload. Also, the lab components of the courses must be taken as overloads. It is recommended that a student interested in medical school take the laboratory component of General Chemistry II (CHEM 21274) as well.

ROTCStudents who complete an ROTC program may substitute 3 credit hours of ROTC classes for either the History or the Social Science requirement, AND 3 credit hours of ROTC classes for the (a) Professional Development elective in the case of AE students, or (b) a General Technical Elective in the case of ME students.